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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
SPARS
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

SPARS

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.38
Object Type Poster
Artist (American painter and sculptor, 1907 - 1982)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1915)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 42 1/8 in x W 28 in (107 cm x 71.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a woman dressed in a U.S. Coast Guard uniform and standing in a salute pose. Behind her are scenes of the past and present with the image of a pioneer woman holding a rifle near a covered wagon in the upper section, and U.S. Coast Guards ships on open water in the lower section. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the illustration: di Valentin. Text in the lower section and below the illustration reads: “SERVE WITH WOMEN’S RESERVE – U. S. COAST GUARD / SPARS / APPLY NEAREST OFFICE OF NAVAL OFFICER PROCUREMENT.”

Additional small text running along the bottom of the poster reads: “41-43 / LITHO. IN U. S. A.”
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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